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• We shouldn't be fast-tracking young people into prison, but another part is practical.
• Windham School District is the school that serves the adult prison system.
• age-appropriate way than the adult system, so they'll miss out on that, um, and knowing that adult prison

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• People leaving prison, I don't know if they know to call that number or not, but they've got all kinds
• I mean, I personally took it on a few weeks ago to help somebody get a job that had been in prison.
• But these people that we're working with and a lot of these people coming out of prison, they just don't

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• Her lobbying clients included an array of large corporations, Amazon, Uber, and a private prison company
• One already incarcerated for an armed standoff with police was pardoned while in prison.
• a number of bipartisan bills to address issues like supervised release and helping people leaving prison

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• Is this just for work release prisoners, or is it for, like, I know Smyrna does the furniture refinishing
• People leaving prison already face significant barriers to rebuilding their lives.

Bills: SB309, SB309

Summary: The House Corrections Committee met and considered Senate Bill 309 with Senate Amendment 1, which would end the Department of Corrections’ practice of deducting room-and-board charges from wages earned by incarcerated people. Supporters said the bill would help people in work release and other correctional programs keep more of their earnings for reentry needs, while still allowing deductions for child support, restitution, court costs, fines, and other court-ordered obligations. The sponsor also argued the current collection process costs the state more to administer than it brings in, citing roughly $40,000 in annual revenue versus about $137,000 in administrative costs. A Department of Correction witness clarified that the bill applies to level four work release only, affecting about 300 people, and would not change level five populations or Delaware Correctional Industries programming. He also said the funds are held in a non-interest-bearing account and then sent to the general fund. Public commenters, including a private citizen, the ACLU of Delaware, and the Tide Shift Justice Project, strongly supported the bill and argued that incarceration costs should be borne by the state rather than deducted from already low wages. After discussion, a motion was made to release the bill from committee and a roll-call vote was taken. The vote appeared to have enough support among members present, but because fewer than five members were present, the committee could not fully release the bill and instead would circulate it for additional signatures. The committee then adjourned.

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• are always drawing out of our ETF saying we don't have enough to do what we have to do but build prisons
• more. there, like almost 400 million more dollars this year in Medicaid alone, not to mention the prison

Bills: HB297, HB587

Keywords: cash transactions, money transmission, regulatory compliance, criminal penalties, Alabama Securities Commission, information technology, auditors, financial institutions, cybersecurity, certifications, state regulations, 1136, house, all

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• Corrections home confinement program for certain inmates who are nearing release, allowing eligible prisoners
• to serve part of the end of their sentence in monitored home confinement rather than in prison.

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• Legislation of California, South Bay People Power, Buen Vecino, and California Coalition for Women Prisoners
• Legislation of California, South Bay People Power, Buen Vecino, and California Coalition for Women Prisoners

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 15, 2026, for a regular order hearing on 38 bills. The chair announced that AB 2457 was pulled to a later hearing, reviewed public testimony rules, established a quorum, and approved the consent calendar in two motions. Bills on the consent calendar were moved either to the Assembly floor consent calendar or to the floor non-consent calendar, and the suspense calendar was deemed approved as read. The committee then heard AB 1917 by Assemblymember Schultz, which would require prosecutors to file an 871.5 motion to reinstate felony charges dismissed at a preliminary hearing for lack of probable cause, rather than simply adding the charges back. The author and supporters, including the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, Californians for Safety and Justice, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and several advocacy groups, argued the bill would improve due process, transparency, and court efficiency by reducing unnecessary litigation and costs. No opposition testimony was presented. After questions and a motion, the committee took a roll call vote on AB 1917. Members voting were recorded as aye, and the bill passed out of committee. The hearing then concluded and the committee adjourned.

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• response to the fires in L.A., as well as joining with the Women's Caucus to address issues in women's prisons
• members of the Women's Caucus in one of our hearings where we heard about sexual abuse in women's prisons
• Increases in our two women's prisons, ensuring that we had an Office of Inspector General receive additional
• People are being disappeared into other countries' prisons, never to be heard of again.
• We also have concerns about the prison closure. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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• Wallace guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter with a firearm, and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison
• proportionally to that invasion and that surprise would land me with a minimum mandatory of life in prison
• because you're taking out the fact that... ...of life in prison because you're taking out the fact that
• Just recently, Travis Garrett was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a Hillsborough deputy's death.
• The jury in this case found his killer guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to 30 years in prison

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions and recognitions, including awareness resolutions and visiting groups in the galleries. The chamber then moved to special order bills. Senate Bill 88 on utility terrain vehicles passed 32-5 after debate over allowing local governments to opt in to street use of UTVs under safety restrictions; Senator Smith opposed it over safety concerns. Senate Bill 102 on exceptional student education passed 36-0, creating a workforce credential/badge program for students with autism or on modified curricula; supporters emphasized employment opportunities and safety training, while Senator Davis raised concerns about added costs to school districts. Senate Bill 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults passed 37-0, allowing alternative service on scammers through the same apps used to contact victims. Senate Bill 130 on compensation for victims of wrongful incarceration passed 38-0, extending filing deadlines and removing restrictive barriers; supporters called it a long-overdue justice fix. Senate Bill 158 on diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations passed 38-0, eliminating cost sharing for follow-up breast tests in the state employee health plan to encourage early detection. The most contentious measure was Senate Bill 234 on criminal offenses against law enforcement officers. The bill sought to clarify that violent resistance to officers is not justified by claims about the legality of the detention and to add manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses carrying life imprisonment without release. An amendment by Senator Jones to restore “in good faith” language failed, after debate centered on due process, racial profiling, and the role of juries and suppression motions. Several senators spoke in support of law enforcement but objected to the bill’s breadth and mandatory life penalty; Senator Leek ultimately postponed the bill temporarily rather than taking a final vote. Senate Bill 262 on trust code technical changes passed 36-0. Senate Bill 274 designating roads for Harris Rosen and Geraldine Thompson passed 38-0, followed by a successful co-sponsorship motion and remarks honoring Thompson’s legacy. Senate Bill 280 on candidate qualification passed 38-0, creating an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation filing requirements. Senate Bill 296 on middle and high school start times passed 38-0, repealing the statewide start-time mandate and shifting implementation decisions to local districts while requiring public reporting and discussion. Senate Bill 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day also passed unanimously, with senators emphasizing remembrance, anti-Semitism, and the educational value of the memorial and observance.

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• Jerome Horton went to prison.
• The people who shot at the Truck Park restaurant are doing life in prison.
• <01:49:21.119> The<01:49:21.360> people Jerome Horton went to prison.
• The people Jerome Horton went to prison.
• Uh but if this are doing life in prison.

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• But what it will do is siphon even more taxpayer dollars into the hands of for-profit prison companies
• GEO and other private prison that?
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Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• budget, the courts will stay open, the roads will stay safe, and our hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons
• budget, the courts will stay open, the roads will stay safe, and our hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons
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• hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons will<00:25:02.000>
• beaches closing down on July 1st, the liquor stores closing down, the veterans home closing down, the prisons

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• Also, in 2021, in Rikers Prison, a male... transgender, identifying as a transgender inmate, was convicted
• of raping a female. inmate while he was an inmate in the women's section of that prison. in that prison
• women deserve a private space. for their personal needs and hygiene, whether it's in the schools, the prisons
• Texas public schools, state buildings, prisons, and women's shelters should all have the same protections
• Bathrooms, prisons, and shelters should be spaces where women feel protected. Thank you.

Bills: SB240, SB1183, SB1184, SB1577, SB2043, SB2051, SCR42, SJR68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• Also, in 2021, in Rikers Prison, a male... transgender, identifying as a transgender inmate, was convicted
• of raping a female. while he was an inmate in the women's section of that prison. was in that prison
• activist, advocate for women who for their personal needs and hygiene, whether it's in the schools, the prisons
• Texas public schools, state buildings, prisons, and women's shelters should all have the same protections
• Bathrooms, prisons, and shelters should be spaces where women feel protected. Thank you.

Bills: SB240, SB1183, SB1184, SB1577, SB2043, SB2051, SCR42, SJR68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• already considers in-demand jobs when they're determining what technical classes to teach in our prisons
• has all of the educational requirements as though it was a class that someone had taken outside of prison
• that additional information, they're just going to make sure that the classes that are taught in prison
• are equal in content to those classes that might have been received outside of prison to make sure that
• once they are released from prison.

Summary: The subcommittee heard and approved four bills focused on reducing or modernizing professional regulation. HB 6015, by Rep. Oliver, repeals the word “reusable” from the wine keg statute to allow businesses more flexibility in container materials; members joked about the possibility of a Home Depot bucket, and the bill passed 16-0. HB 339, by Rep. Abbott, creates an alternative temporary licensure pathway for surveyors and mappers based on employer recommendation and exam passage, but members raised concerns about qualifications, liability, and oversight; Abbott said he was open to amendments, and the bill passed 14-1 with Rep. Overdorf dissenting. HB 139, by Rep. Lopez, allows pawnbrokers to use digital transaction forms instead of only printed forms; a technical amendment added readability and placement requirements for digital forms, and the bill passed unanimously. HB 195, by Rep. Chambliss, lets the Department of Corrections coordinate with DBPR boards so inmates who complete licensure-related classes can receive credit toward professional licensure; supporters framed it as a second-chance and workforce bill, an amendment clarified that DBPR handles professions without boards, and the bill passed favorably 15-0. The committee then received a presentation from DBPR Secretary Melanie Griffin on the department’s role overseeing more than 1.7 million businesses and professionals across over 30 fields. She highlighted enforcement and complaint data, including more than 24,000 inspections and complaints handled in the last fiscal year, a preference for education and voluntary compliance over formal discipline, and the department’s alternative dispute resolution program, which returned $2.7 million to consumers and saved $270,000 in costs. Griffin also reviewed recent deregulatory and efficiency efforts, including endorsement/reciprocity reforms, fee waivers, reduced processing times, and shorter call wait times, and said DBPR is continuing to look for ways to cut red tape while protecting public safety. Members questioned Griffin about permitting, continuing education, complaint processing, board vacancies, fraud in cosmetology and construction, coordination with other agencies, and whether schools can block students from taking state exams over unpaid tuition. DBPR staff said complaints are generally processed within 60 days, schools cannot bar graduates from taking the exam because of tuition debt, and the department works with other agencies when issues cross jurisdictional lines. The panel discussion that followed featured industry representatives from landscape architecture, building/code administration, pools, roofing, construction, HVAC/electrical, and hospitality, who generally supported reducing local permitting burdens, standardizing requirements, improving reciprocity and training pathways, and using technology and clearer scopes of work to make licensure and inspections more efficient.

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• Corrections home confinement program for certain inmates who are nearing release, allowing eligible prisoners
• to serve part of the end of their sentence in monitored home confinement rather than in prison.

Summary: The caucus meeting on Friday, June 12, reviewed several bills on Blue Sheets 16, 17, and 18, with sponsors generally concurring in Senate amendments. On property tax and agricultural inspection bills, HB 2104 and HB 2105 were described as creating temporary limits on county assessors’ ability to reclassify or inspect agricultural property after a successful appeal or recent inspection, while preserving assessor authority for changes in use, ownership, splits, or taxable improvements. HB 4117, concerning religious worship assemblies, was amended by the Senate to focus on intentionally obstructing entry or exit from a place of worship or creating a disruptive commotion. HB 2311 would require AI conversational systems to notify users they are interacting with AI and add other consumer protections, and HB 2477 would conform Arizona’s 529 plan rules with federal law and allow certain rollovers to ABLE or Roth IRA accounts. The meeting also covered HB 2114, which directs motorcycle safety fund spending toward education and scholarships and ties motorcycle registration requirements to Class M licensing, with Senate changes narrowing the registration provisions and exempting business-owned motorcycles. HB 2729 was broadened by the Senate from continuing only the Nursing Board to also continuing DES, the Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, the Physician Assistants Board, and the State Board of Pharmacy, with members noting this kind of consolidation is common at the end of session. All of these bills were presented for concurrence, and no objections or substantive questions were raised. The caucus then reviewed three additional measures that had just come through rules: SB 1618, which revises military affairs statutes, creates procedures for military installation fund property acquisition, changes commission duties and membership, and adds reporting requirements; SB 1110, which creates a Department of Corrections home confinement program for certain inmates nearing release; and SCR 1004, which would, subject to voter approval, restrict photo enforcement systems unless a contract existed before December 31, 2026. Members clarified that the House mirror of the photo enforcement measure had not advanced. The meeting ended with notice that more caucus or rules activity could occur later in the day as the chamber moved bills to the floor on sine die.

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• We’re doing it with the prisons, you know. So I'm just asking, is there...?
• We haven't qualified to build the Legacy arena, and we haven't qualified to build our prisons.

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• I would like to know what do you think this impact is going to be on our prisons?
• When we talk about the impact it's going to have on our prisons, where are our officers and those people
• for an individual under this act under Section 38, can the judge sentence the offender to life in prison
• for an individual under this act under Section 38, can the judge sentence the offender to life in prison
• It calls for counting beds in prison.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and adoption of the special order calendar for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B on immigration, along with discussion of anticipated Senate changes. The sponsor described the bill as creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, establishing an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, expanding cooperation with federal immigration authorities, increasing criminal penalties for certain offenses by unauthorized aliens, ending undocumented-student fee waivers, and providing substantial appropriations for enforcement and related programs. Members also questioned the Senate version’s proposed mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses involving unauthorized aliens, as well as pretrial detention, 287(g) participation, DMV reporting requirements, and the bill’s effects on schools, teachers, social workers, and local agencies. The sponsor and supporting members repeatedly said the bill required broad cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and that existing federal law would control where conflicts arose. A major portion of the debate focused on whether the bill would allow or require immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive settings, and whether teachers, school resource officers, and social workers could be placed in conflict with federal privacy or professional obligations. Members also raised concerns about detention based on suspected status, the standard of proof for immigration-status determinations, prison and jail impacts, workforce shortages, and the fiscal effects on counties and state agencies. The sponsor said the bill did not provide DMV funding, that the state would need to study some implementation questions, and that the appropriations included $25 million for a local law enforcement participation incentive program and up to $350 million for broader implementation and coordination. Several amendments were offered and failed. Representative Chambliss proposed protecting schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; Representative Escamani offered amendments to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers and to grandfather currently eligible students; Representative Woodson offered a similar Dreamer-related amendment; and Representative Bartleman proposed barring local law enforcement from entering schools during school hours to detain children solely for immigration status. Supporters of these amendments argued they would protect children, preserve educational access, and prevent trauma in schools and houses of worship. The House rejected each amendment by voice vote, and the transcript ends during debate on the Bartleman school-safety amendment before final disposition is shown.

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• The man was charged with a felony and sentenced to 37 months in federal prison.
• Firearm within the prison walls?
• I do believe prisons are one area, right?
• They don't permit guns within the lockdown areas also, so the same as prison.
• That is not the intent of the bill—to take care of prisons and jails, right? Right.

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• My father was in prison, along with hundreds of thousands of others.
• My father was in prison for several years.
• My father was sentenced to life in prison.

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